Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-09-28
A MAD MURDERER.
A War Veteran shoots His Mistress and
Cuts His Own Throat.

Cuts His Own Throat.
NEW YORK, September ga Middle
ton special says: The northern suburb of
this town, near the type factory WAS
aroused at 3 o'clock yesterday morning by
a woman appearing on the street in her
night dress stained with blood aud scream
ing murder" The woman was Mrs
Sarah Henderson, widow of Vim. NJ. Hen
derson, of the S7th New York volunteers,
LwbO died while in service. She draws a
widows pension of $l2 per month and
lives with her young son, at the scene of
the tragedy. There has lived with the
widow Henderson for twelve years past an
unmarried veteran named Walter C..
Brown. The family slbsisted on his pen
sion of So per month. He was somewhat
eccentric and melancholy, but was never
thought of unsOund mind.
The family retired as usual Saturday
night, Brown occupying a he'd and Mrs.
Henderson q lounge in one Oom, her son,
sleeping in the room adjoining. Mrs.
Henderson says she was awakened shortly
after three by the explosion of i pistol
close TO her face. The bullet cut its way
through her hair, spllntering her comb
and lodging in the lounge. BY the flash
Of the pistol she recognized Brown stand
ing over her, revolver in hand. As she
sprang to her feet ii second shot struck her
in the left shoulder, inficting a severe
wound. Her screams aroused her son,
who came TO her.rescue, and in the desper-
ate struggle with the would.be murderer
another shot was fired, but the ball en-
tered the ceiliug overhead.
I The pistol was then knocked from
Browns hand to the floor and the woman
and her son took advantage Of the Oppor-
tunity to fly into the street and call for
help. Neighbors soon gathered and a
policeman arrived and entered the room
which was the scene of the attempted muir
der and where Brown had remained. The
officer found him lying dead on his blood
soaked bed with a well sharpened jack
knife still grasped in his hand and with
which he had cut a frightful cash in his
throat, severing the jugular vein. The
cause of the horrible deco is unknown.
LIVELY FOR THE STANDARD.
Prosecuting Witness Rice Claims he Can
Give Proofs of Railroad Discrimination.
PARKERsBURG, September p .-The case
OF the State of Ohio against the railroads
to revoke their charters for freight rate dis
elimination is not over yet in this city.
When the United States Commissioner was
here q week ago the intention was TO place
ex-senator Camden on the stand, but he
was away. In q day or two Commissioner
Richards will resume the taking of testi-
mOny, when the books Of the Camden Con-
solidatcd Company will L inspected, so far
as the ruling Of Judge Jackson permitted
it. The testimony 10 be obtained Is eX-
pected to show some startling discrimina-
tiOns in the way OF freight rates, and al
though, under the ruling, the connection
OF the Camden Consolidated Company with
the Standard cannot be shown from the
books, still an understanding between it
and the railroads is expected to appear.
The result is awaited with interest.
In the meantime George Rice is unload
my at Marietta barrels of evidence against
the Standard, which he has been collecting
for the past ten years. While not a party
to the proceedings in point of law, he is a
most lively prosecuting witness, and is
personally largely interested AZ All oil re-
finer in the outcome.